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A real time evaluation of Bank of England forecasts of inflation and growth

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  • Groen, Jan J.J.
  • Kapetanios, George
  • Price, Simon

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We compare the Bank of England's Inflation Report quarterly forecasts for growth and inflation to real-time benchmark forecasts. The results reveal the well-known difficulty of forecasting in a stable macroeconomic environment, and the Inflation Report forecasts of GDP growth are generally inferior to forecasts from linear and non-linear univariate models. However, for the inflation forecast the Inflation Report is clearly dominant.

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Volume (Year): 25 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 74-80

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Handle: RePEc:eee:intfor:v:25:y:2009:i:1:p:74-80
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Keywords: Real-time data Forecast performance Inflation Growth;

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  1. Pincheira, Pablo, 2013. "A Bunch of Models, a Bunch of Nulls and Inference about Predictive Ability," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(3), pages 26-43, October.
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  3. Tara Sinclair & Herman O. Stekler & Warren Carrow, 2012. "Evaluating a Vector of the Fed's Forecasts," Working Papers 2012-3, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
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